The Mechanical Man of The Mechanical World T has often been heard that effects of the physical environment have a deep impact on the mental balance, mental attitude, and outlook on life. However, it is a wonder that specialists dealing in different aspects of the Environment are not apparently interested in the effect of the deteriorating environment on the mental standards of human beings. Let us ponder upon a few aspects...

Children Need Models, Not the Critics A child is what we make of him and what he sees of us – elders. He can never learn from our criticisms of him but the examples we give to him. A child needs models is evident from our lay research and survey of the last two generations. This study will confirm to us that a child continuously learns from what he sees and...

There is No Short Cut to Success Success in all our endeavors is what we all want but, most of us forget that for reaching success, the road is not strewn with roses. The walk is not a cakewalk, nor is it a gift on a platter. Success is an achievement by constant diligence and most of us fail to achieve because most of us lack the essential quality of diligence....

The Day I Won a Lottery I have always been very fond of buying lottery tickets. The moment any state declares a lottery scheme I am here to buy tickets for the said lottery. For a very long time say for almost a decade I have been contributing to these lotteries, but aha! I have never had the luck of so much as getting even a dime as; Lady Luck has...

Cowards Continue to Die We all know that death comes to every living thing and the most surprising thing about it is that, when we know that death is inevitable, why do we dread it? Isn’t this a contradiction in terms? When we know a thing has to happen then why do we fear it? The fear creeps in because of the uncertainty of the time when death will come, and...

Let us choose a Profession When we talk of the profession, we must be able to understand what the word profession really implies. The implication is by far quite clear that, if we decide to follow a certain profession, we have to follow that branch of learning which will lead us to that profession. Regarding the choice of a profession, in India, there are a great number of limitations in the...

Violence – Its Goals Let us study what violence really is, why we become violent, and what we achieve by that. Violence really means the unlawful exercise of physical force, or maybe even verbal abuses. Now, let us analyze why we become violent mostly it has been seen that we become violent when we do not get what we want, or what we demand, whether our demand is right or wrong...

An Indian Citizen A person is called good only when he has the appropriate and adequate qualities of being so. A citizen is a person who lives in some particular country, so, we would call a citizen good only when he would be found to have the qualities requisite for this citizenship. He must have the qualities of head and heart and behavior which could justify his being a citizen of...